Carnival by Natalie Merchant
Carnival by Natalie Merchant

Carnival

Natalie Merchant * Track #5 On Tigerlily

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Carnival by Natalie Merchant

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Natalie Merchant
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Natalie Merchant
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“Carnival” is the lead single by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant off her 1995 album Tigerlily.

Lyrically, the protagonist compares the many colorful sights and sounds of day-to-day life in New York City to a carnival. Merchant was inspired to write the song after visiting the city for the first...

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Carnival Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well I've walked these streets
A virtual stage
It seemed to me
Makeup on their faces
Actors took their places next to me

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well I've walked these streets
In a carnival
Of sights to see
All the cheap thrill-seekers
The vendors and the dealers
They crowded around me

[Chorus]
Have I been blind?
Have I been lost?
Inside myself and my own mind?
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen

[Verse 2]
Well I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And I've walked these streets
In the madhouse asylum
They can be
Where a wild-eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

[Chorus]
Have I been blind?
Have I been lost?
Inside myself and my own mind?
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen

Have I been wrong?
Have I been wise?
To shut my eyes and play along?
Hypnotized, paralyzed
By what my eyes have found

[Bridge]
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Have I been blind? (blind)
Have I been lost? (lost)
Have I been wrong? (Have I been wrong?)
Have I been wise? (Have I been wise?)
Have I been strong?
Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have found?
(By what my eyes have found?)
In that great street carnival
(Whoa, in that carnival)
Have I been blind? (blind)
Have I been lost? (lost)
(Have I been)
Have I been wrong? (Have I been wrong?)
Have I been wise? (Have I been wise?)
Have I been strong?
Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have found?
(By what my eyes have found?)
In that great street carnival
In that carnival

Carnival Q&A

Who wrote Carnival's ?

Carnival was written by Natalie Merchant.

Who produced Carnival's ?

Carnival was produced by Natalie Merchant.

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